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 Plagodis niLOGOSAUiA Packiud. I'latt- 11, lig. 42. 



L'linjiiienc i>hlogosariu Gneii., Phal., i, 14(i, 1857. 



Walk., List Lep. Het. ]5r. Mns., xx, 177, IWIO. 



(^. Head, 'irolhorax, and iore trocliaiitcr.s bcuealli violaceous. Body 



and wiiiiTf; (xdircou.'^, willi a (lull-ij;rL'eiiif;li t'mge: co.sta suld'uscous toward tho 

 base; an inner oblique line, which is not waved, dark or reddish-brown; 

 an outer, blackisli-l)rowu, straight line, l)lacker toward tlie inner edge of tli.; 

 wing; between tiie two lines the wing is clear: outer Hue shaded externally 

 with o-ray scales: wing toward the internal angle with larger black strigfB 

 than elsewhere, bnt no spot, with a distinct violaceous tinge; ochreous 

 toward the apex, as in the middle of the wing ; apex somewhat rounded, 

 outer edge deeply excavated toward the inner angle; a crescent-shaped s|)ot 

 on the inner angle, concolorous with the lines; a well-marked discal dot. 

 Hind wings ochreous, wliitish toward tln^ base and costa, more ochreous on 

 the hind edge; fi dark outer line, slightly sinuate, Ijecoming obsolete toward 

 the costa and duplicated toward the internal angle, and edged with violaceous. 

 Beneath, ochreous; outer edge of the wing and tip of the alKlomen beneath 

 dull violaceous; co.-ta strigated with dull violaceous; common line dull dark 

 vit)laceous; apical region ocdireous, toward the internal angle violaceous; 

 inner edge whitish; hind wings more deeply ochreous, with the border 

 uniformly pale violaceous. 



Length of body, J, 0.44; of fore wing, S, 0.56, 9, 0.56; expanse of 

 wings, 1.20 imdies. 



Natick, Mass., August 5 (Stratton) ; Cambridge, Mass., (Putnam); 

 Albany, N. Y. (Lintner); Michigan (Cook); "Canada" (Guenee). 



Tiie usu;d al)seuce of the discal dot, the few black strigje collected near the 

 interiuil edge, and the jx'culiar greenisli hue in the middle ot' the fore wings 

 will distinguish this species from E. fcrvidaria. The antenucTj are well 

 pectinated, and the head and thorax are violaceous. One female has no 

 bauds, these being obliterated. It varies in sonu'times having the discal dot 

 and in the greenish tinge on the wings. 



One male specimen is dull ((chreous. with a greenish tinge, the wings 

 being a little strigated, es})ecially on thf outer edge and on the costal edge. 

 Head, jialpi, and front of tluu-ax witli a violet lint. Inner brown line curved 

 on the costa, straighl below; discal dot large and distinct on the fore wing; 

 outer line a little waved, dark l)rown, ami ending on the costa at a distance 



